To consider H.R. 4748, a bill establishing a board of commissioners of interstate commerce.

On Mar 1, 1881, the House voted 67–144 (HR 4748). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–111, Republicans 65–23, Others 1–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 67
No: 144
Did not vote: 90
Date: Mar 1, 1881

By party

Democrats1 yes · 111 no · 34 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 10 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans65 yes · 23 no · 47 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Horace Davis R-CA voted no
James Burns Belford R-CO voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
William Fletcher Sapp R-IA voted no
Greenbury Lafayette Fort R-IL voted no
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R-IL voted no
Godlove Stein Orth R-IN voted no
Dudley Chase Haskell R-KS voted no
Thomas Ryan R-KS voted no
Benjamin Winslow Harris R-MA voted no
George Dexter Robinson R-MA voted no
Milton George Urner R-MD voted no
Mark Hill Dunnell R-MN voted no
William Drew Washburn R-MN voted no
Edwin Einstein R-NY voted no
John Henry Ketcham R-NY voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted no
Richard Crowley R-NY voted no
Henry Harrison Bingham R-PA voted no
Charles O'Neill R-PA voted no
William Darrah Kelley R-PA voted no
Abraham Herr Smith R-PA voted no
John Weinland Killinger R-PA voted no
John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes

How each representative voted: Yes

How each representative voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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